Sales-check book.



No. 726,058. I PATENTED APR. 21,1903.

' E. A. HENKLB.

' SALES CHECK BOOK. APPLIOATIQN FILED JULY 7, 1902.

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EDWARD A. HENKLE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SALES-CHECK BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 726,058, dated April 21, 1903. Application filed July 7, 1902. Serial No. 114,633. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD A. HENKLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and by a customer, as well as indicating the totalamount of previous sales made by the salesman. The invention aims to provide a new and novel sales-check book consisting of a series of sales-checks and sales-check stubs particularly adapted for that branch of sales which are of regular fixed value 'for example, such as five, ten, fifteen, or twenty-five cents, or, in fact, any other regular amount andis adapted for use at soda-fountains, ice-cream saloons or stands, in barber-shops, or emporiums wherein goods aresold at fixedvalues.

The invention aims, further, to provide a new and novel sales-check book comprising a series of sales-checks, each check indicat:

ing the amount of goods sold, as Well as the total amount of the sales of the salesmanpre vious to the last sales-check used,thus making a complete check upon the salesman and sav= ing the cashier all additions as to the amount of the sales, overcoming any liability to error. Furthermore, each of the sales-checks can be provided with a stub whichwillindicate the total amount of the salesmade by the salesman up to the last sales-check used,

giving to the manager or proprietora 'com plete check upon the cashier as to the amount of the sales. 7

The invention further aims to provide a sales-check book which shall. be extremely simple, efficient, and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture; and to this end it consists of the novel arrangement of parts hereinafter more specifically referred to, illustratdfin the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In describing the invention in detail r'eference is had to the accompanying drawings,

forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 illustrates a view of my improved sales-check book with the first sales-check and sales-check stub torn therefrom and placed above the book, and Fig. 2 is a view of the book without the stub.

The sales-check book, as shown, consists of a series of sales-checks and sales-stubs--for example, twenty-five, fifty, or one hundred although the number of checks and stubs may beincreased or diminished as desired andthe stubs may be dispensed-with, simply employing the sales-checks, for the reason that the last check will indicate the total amount of I preferably construct the book of one sales. hundredchecks and stubs suitably connected at one end and dispensing with a cover,

although a cover may be employed, if desired.

Referring to the drawings by reference-numerals, 1 denotes the sales-check, and 2 the sales-check stub. The check'and stub are formed of a single strip of suitable material and separated by a line of perforations 3, so

that the check can be readily detached from vthe stub when desiredu As before stated, the lchecks are adapted for use in that branch of saleswhich are of regular fixed value, and I have for-illustration used the value of the .sales as five cents. Therefore I have indicated the value upon the check and stub by :the figure 5, which is placed thereon, asat as at 6 -7,"respectively, which in connection with the figure 5 will indicate to the purchaserthat the cost of the article or other goodspurchased is five cents. The checks 1 and stubs 2, forming the book, are numbered correspondingly in a consecutive manner, as" gat=-8r For example, if ahundred checks and stubs are used to form the book the checks and stubs are numbered correspondinglyand consecutively'from 1 to 1003 At one side of the number upon each check and stub is placed an indicating means todenote the'salesman who is using the book. This indicating means I preferably use as a letter in thealphabet, and, for example, the letter A is employed. Upon each of the checks and stubs is placed the total amount of the sales of the preceding checks. For example, as the checks and stubs, as shown, are for the fixed value of five cents the first check and'stub will have placed thereon the figure 5, as at 10, and the second stub or check will have placed thereon.

the figure 10, as at 10. This arrangement of totalizing is carried on throughout the entire series of checks and stubs forming the book, and from such an arrangement it will be evident that one check will indicate the total amount of receipts or sales up to and including the said check.

Upon each of the checks 1 is placed an insoription, as follows: Please pay cashier, which will indicate to the purchaser that he is to pay the amount called for by the check to the cashier.

It will. be evident thatif each book consists of one hundred checks and stubs the total amount of the last check and stub will be five hundred, thus indicating that five dollars worth of five-cent sales have been made. If desired, the book may also bear a book or series number; but this in no way concerns the invention, and consequently it is not shown.

It will be evident that the sales-check book constructed in accordance with the foregoing will disclose that check numbered 1 will read 5; check numbered 2, 10; check numbered 3, 15, and so on, each check showing the total amount of sales up to it, thus saving the cashier all additions, with less labor and liability to error, and making complete check on the salesman and, if desired, on the cashier, for the check-stubs can be sent to the proprietor or the managers desk, the cashier not needing them to add up, as the last check received gives the total for the day unless a book is sold out, in which case that fact is noted and the full value of the book entered on the cash-slip and the method goes on, and in this case the manager or proprietor having the stub would have a check on both the cashier and salesman.

In the case of small stores or barber-shops they can have as many books as they desire to have prices, and the top check on any of the books will show the sales for the day.

Should it become necessary to show acheck for any multiple of the amount of the check, the salesman at, for instance, a soda-water saloon, desiring to show a fifteen-cent check, and having only five-cent checks, he gives three checks and punches three holes in the three checks. Then if the customer destroys two and presents one for payment the cashier is at once aware of the fact that the purchaser should pay for three checks, as the three punchmarks indicate three times five, or fifteen cents.

As before stated, the stubs can be dispensed with and simply the sales-checks employed, as it will be evident that the last check presented to the cashier will indicate than that as shown can be made without departing from the general spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A sales-check book comprising a plurality of independent sales-checks each having an integral stub, each of said checks and its respective stub separated by a line of perforations, each of said checks and its respective stub correspondingly and consecutively numbered, each of said checks and its respective stub provided with corresponding indications to indicate the value of the sale, and each of said checks and its respective stub further provided with an indication of value to indicate the total amount of sales to and including said check.

2. A sales-check book consisting of a plurality of separate sales -checks and salescheck stubs, each of the stubs being integral with the check, said check and its stub provided with a corresponding indication to indicate the total amount of sales to and including said check and each check and its respective stub provided with a corresponding indication to indicate the value of apurchase.

3. A sales-check book consisting of a plurality of separate sales-checks and salescheck stubs, each of the stubs beingintegral with the check, said check and its stub provided with a corresponding indication to indicate the total amount of sales to and including said check, each check and its respective stub provided with a corresponding indication to indicate the value of a purchase, and said checks and stubs being correspondingly and consecutively numbered.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD A. IIENKLE.

Witnesses:

WALTER E. HEINEG, L. A. VON SELDSNECK.

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